"Are you really planning to release an album before July?" Wu Hongrong asked with a frown, looking at Chen Minhao's sworn expression.

Chen Minhao explained: "There is still almost half a year left until July. And I already have the melodies and tunes of several songs in my head. So although the time is relatively short, I think it should be in time to release the album before July. ”

"It's too late!" Wu Hongrong unceremoniously interrupted Chen Minhao's words and said: "You have only released singles before, do you think that a few singles mixed together are an album? ”

Chen Minhao was stunned, but when he listened to Wu Hongrong's tone, he felt that Wu Hongrong felt like he had hit the street like this.

Wu Hongrong's eyes seemed to have insight into Chen Minhao's thoughts, and he continued to say indifferently: "If you want to use music to maintain your popularity and popularity, you don't need to work hard to release an album, you can continue to choose to release singles." However, if you're going to release an album, you have to show the attitude of an album. ”

"What do you mean?" Chen Minhao leaned forward and looked into Wu Hongrong's eyes and asked rhetorically.

"If you want to release a single, you can release it however you want. But if you're going to release a record, you have to think about the whole album and the style and concept of the project. Wu Hongrong sighed and continued to say patiently: "In addition, what you want to release is a commercial record, and you need to think about how to make money, so after the concept of the album, you also have to consider the audience.

We need to subdivide the concept of the album so that it can satisfy different audiences. You have a wide range of fans, do you think a thirty-year-old woman and a teenage girl can have the same preference for listening to songs?

An album with a defined conceptual theme that we want to include as many listeners as possible. Then, you can write songs. ”

After listening to Wu Hongrong's words, Chen Minhao breathed a sigh of relief, "proposition creation" will limit their creative ideas and increase the difficulty of creation for other music creators.

But for yourself, this is to clarify the keywords to search for, and this is to reduce the difficulty.

Wu Hongrong took a sip of water and continued: "When your lyrics and music are done, it's time to make arrangements. There is a lot of attention paid to which instruments we choose and how to make them sound more comfortable with each other. It will take me about a month to complete this work. ”

Chen Minhao not only listened attentively, but also used his mobile phone to call up the memo to make some simple records.

"Once we've recorded the tape, it's time to start recording. You've recorded a few singles, and you should be familiar with them, so you should know that this is a place where the singer's strength is tested. A singer with a strong professional can record several songs a day. ”

Wu Hongrong showed a meaningful smile and said, "Do you remember how many days we recorded the song "Father"?"

Chen Minhao was poked in the underbelly, he remembered that the song "Father" was recorded for 4 days, and his expression was a little embarrassed.

Wu Hongrong got up, touched his bald head, and said with a smile: "I'll pour you a cup of hot water." You can calculate for yourself how much time it takes you to record songs on an album, after all, you still have to take classes. ”

Chen Minhao's brain turned quickly: taking into account his practice makes perfect and improving his singing skills, then it takes an average of 2-3 days to record a song by himself, so let's take 2 days to calculate it first. Since I usually have to attend classes, I only have time to record songs on weekends. Then even if only 8 songs are put on the album, it will take 2 months.

After Wu Hongrong brought the water, he said with a smile: "I also have a number in my heart, that is, you need 2 months." Then we will encounter a new problem, that is: how to arrange the arrangement to make the audience more comfortable?

The first impression of the album is very important, so we must put the title track at the beginning. How do you tell which song is liked by the listener? This kind of thing can't be decided by the head, we only have to do a grayscale test for about two weeks. ”

Wu Hongrong crossed his fingers and said: "After completing the recording and arranging the order, the production of the album is only half completed." After the recording, it was time for some post-production, including mixing, mastering, and record production, which I could do in about a month. ”

Chen Minhao is not a novice in the music industry now, and he naturally knows what mixing and mastering are about.

Mixing is mainly about the restoration of sound and the synthesis of sound effects, and the use of modern recording technology to maximize the concealment of sound defects. After the mix is complete, the music producer will master the recorded song and make the final adjustments as a whole.

In an album, imperfections such as differences in the volume of different songs will be eliminated in this process, making the whole album sound more harmonious. After the master tape is processed, the music producer finds the record manufacturer to make it.

In the process of record production, the record company will produce a sample film, and when the music producer feels that there is no problem with the sound quality and no difference in the audio, the record will be mass-produced.

According to common sense, mixing, mastering and record production will definitely not be completed in a month, but Wu Hongrong said that one month, then calculate it according to one month first. After all, as a well-known music producer in the industry, he must also have his own unique approach.

Wu Hongrong broke off another finger and said: "Experts definitely need cover and content design, and we need professional artists and photographers for this piece." In fact, the work of this piece is quite complicated: brainstorming, taking pictures, retouching, incorporating the design, and then handing it over to the factory for printing after the design is completed. It takes two weeks. ”

Wu Hongrong unceremoniously broke off a finger and said: "In addition, in an album, the script and storyboard, shooting, editing, and integrating music all take time. Even if you only shoot 2 music videos, it will take about a month. ”

Chen Minhao calculated in his heart that even if he started recording a song today and completed the production of an album: there are songs, MVs, covers and records, it will take 5 months, that is, 7 months.

Wu Hongrong combined his five fingers into a fist and said: "What I just said is the hard conditions of the album, but soft conditions like publicity require more time, energy and money. After the production of our album is completed, I will have at least a month or two to let the market warm up. So you want to release an album in July, three words: it's too late. ”

Wu Hongrong felt that he was a little psychologically distorted by Chen Minhao's musical talent. Rationally, he knew that Chen Minhao and him were both prosperous and loss-making. But when he saw Chen Minhao deflated, there was an indescribable and inexplicable emotion in his heart.

Wu Hongrong rubbed the water cup with his right hand, and thought to himself: Is this a little luck in life, and he proved to Chen Minhao that Jiang is still old and spicy.

Wu Hongrong is a music producer, not an actor, and his ability to control expressions is naturally subpar. So when Chen Minhao saw Wu Hongrong's smug expression, he was instantly unhappy:

If I can't do what others can't do, am I worthy of my identity as a time-traveler? Although from a rational point of view, the album released before July is unreliable and very reluctant, but I want to try.

Wu Hongrong saw that Chen Minhao didn't have the slightest intention of giving up, and asked puzzledly: "Why do you have to release an album before July?"

Chen Minhao said with a smile: "Because the movie "Detective" will be released in July. ”

Wu Hongrong was stunned for a moment and said: "It's good to be young, your ambition is so big, you want music, film and television to blossom." ”